Oak Park Police Blotter: Diapers Stolen, Liquor Unscanned

Theft: A UPS package containing computer equipment was stolen May 8 from a common vestibule area inside of an apartment building in the 800 block of Erie Street. Estimated loss was $208.32.

Theft: A leaf blower was stolen May 9 from the rear cab of a 1999 Ford 250 truck parked in the 300 block of South Oak Park Avenue. Estimated loss was $400.

Retail Theft: Two packages of diapers were stolen May 9 at CVS, 345 Madison St., when a woman put them on the counter as if to buy them and her accomplice grabbed them and fled. Estimated loss was $49.98.

Theft: A saw was stolen sometime between May 7 and May 9 from the locked storage room of a building in the 1000 block of South Oak Park Avenue. Estimated loss was $400.

Theft from Auto: A catalytic converter was removed sometime between May 7 and May 8 from underneath a 2003 Honda Element parked in the rear of a home in the 200 block of South Maple Avenue. Estimated loss was $2,700.

Burglary: Five dollars in change was taken sometime between May 7 and May 8 from an unlocked 2007 Saab 97X SUV parked in the 00 block of Augusta Street.

Theft from Auto: A catalytic converter was stolen sometime between May 7 and May 8 from underneath a 2004 Honda Element parked in a lot in the 200 block of Chicago Avenue. Estimated loss was $500.

Retail Theft Arrest: Carlitos Banks-Perez, 29, of Chicago, was charged with felony retail theft May 8 after he attempted to leave Dominick’s Finer Foods, 259 Lake St., with a bottle of rum and a bottle of vodka that he had not scanned in the self-checkout line, police said. A further investigation found that he also had an active warrant out of River Forest for retail theft.

Outstanding Warrant: Clifton McKinnis, 31, of Maywood, was arrested May 8 on an outstanding warrant out of Maywood for obstructing police, police said. He was apprehended in the 0-100 block of West Lake Street.